KENTUCKY: Fatal Chronic Wasting Disease Spreads in Wild Deer

EUGENE, Oregon, October 31, 2025 (ENS) - The Upper Willamette Soil & Water Conservation District is planning to acquire a 200+ acre hazelnut orchard located on the lower McKenzie River to protect the drinking water of Eugene, a college city of 178,150 people that hosts the University of Oregon. [...]

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DEARBORN, Michigan, October 31, 2025 (ENS) - General Motors has announced that in 2028 the company will introduce a centralized vehicle computing platform serving both its electric and gas powered vehicles. The move is a pivot for the company, which was poised to ramp up electric vehicle production until President Donald Trump discontinued federal $7,500 subsidies for EV buyers on September 1. [...]

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KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 30, 2025 (ENS) - The death toll from catastrophic Hurricane Melissa rose to at least 36 across Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba today as residents of these island nations begin to dig themselves out from under the wreckage left by the second strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Caribbean Sea. [...]

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KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 28, 2025 (ENS) - The eye of the "extremely dangerous" Category 5 Hurricane Melissa is approaching western Jamaica at this moment, menacing the Caribbean island nation with catastrophic winds, flash flooding, and storm surge, warn the Meteorological Service of Jamaica and the U.S. National Hurricane Center. [...]

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